In addition to the emotional layering, Cody offers a treasure trove of one-liners, mostly for Page but also for J.K. Page is a marvel – she’s at once her own idiosyncratic whirlwind and exactly like every baffling teenager you’ve ever known – yet the true triumph of Juno is the script from first-timer Diablo Cody. As reality sinks in, though, both she and the film mine deeper, stronger emotions. The most genuinely moving film of 2007, Juno focuses on the pregnant 16-year-old of the title (Ellen Page), a very funny and intentionally odd girl who at first treats her situation as another eye-rolling opportunity. Juno gets two things dead right about contemporary teenagers: the way irony and sarcasm serve as the basis for their language, and the way those elements are often used to mask the insecurity of adolescence.
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